Today it clicked

[leedsmick]

When i re-started cycling last August on my new mtb i got hooked. Then the lure of going faster further led me to buying my road bike to discover how good it could get.

Today it all clicked. I gave myself a longer lunch hour, and despite the weather forcast being totally wrong and me getting soaked i had the most fantastic ride. It might be i have finally got used to the pedals and have become more effecient or that i can now climb out of the saddle properly but i just loved every second of the 20 miles.

I now get road bikes. Wonderful inventions. I feel like a kid again with a new toy.

Now enjoying a few beers and smiling to myself like the silly old fool i am

 

[bikingdad90]

20 miles in an hour, you deserve a medal my son! Most I can manage is about 14 and I'm still in my twenties!

 

[Berk on a Bike]

I saw the thread title and thought, "try oiling it" but now I see what you mean.

I commute into Leeds every day. Where'd you go?

 

[biggs682]

@leedsmick sorry if this bursts your bubble but you will have days that you will end up hating road bikes and all that goes with it , they dont happen often but be warned they do happen

 

[Spinney]

@leedsmick sorry if this bursts your bubble but you will have days that you will end up hating road bikes and all that goes with it , they dont happen often but be warned they do happen

In which case you need to remember the good days ...

 

[biggs682]

In which case you need to remember the good days ...

very true

 

[Kevoffthetee]

Nothing like beating a previous average speed/distance best or challenging yourself to a top100 climb.

Much like unintentionally getting airborne and somehow landing it on a severely under-equipped mountain bike

Enjoy being out on ANY BIKE

 

[leedsmick]

20 miles in an hour, you deserve a medal my son! Most I can manage is about 14 and I'm still in my twenties!

If only. No i was out for longer. Average speed was 13.9 so id still be behind you

 

[leedsmick]

I saw the thread title and thought, "try oiling it" but now I see what you mean.

I commute into Leeds every day. Where'd you go?

Im up in cookridge so anywhere within 10 miles or so on a lunch. Yesterday was through adel, down to arthington, pool, otley and back through bramhope so a decent amount of climbing

 

[Old jon]

Im up in cookridge so anywhere within 10 miles or so on a lunch. Yesterday was through adel, down to arthington, pool, otley and back through bramhope so a decent amount of climbing

Might just see you today, I have in mind Cookridge, airport, Pool, Otley, Weston and possibly Askwith. Back by the main road. Whether we see each other or not, enjoy your lunchtime ride.

 

[leedsmick]

Excellent. I'll keep my eye out

 

[Kajjal]

The controlled power and endurance of road biking is great for xc mountain biking.

 

[RichardB]

If only. No i was out for longer. Average speed was 13.9 so id still be behind you

Heh, I wondered if it was a lunch hour or a lunch 'hour'.

 

[leedsmick]

Today i was 2 mins over. Hope the boss doesnt check strava. The shower and making/ eating my dinner took me another hour!